Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-31

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field, representing a new constellation"
| They had been reading from the lore of the
| ancientS for their instruction and from the mos
ancient scroll ON earth they gathered such awe
, inspiring ideas as these: He hath stretched
the north over the empty place, and hangett
} the eartn on nothing. Out If the south cometh
, the wirlwind, the cold out OF the north This
thunder OF His power who can understand
; There Is spirit IN man. and the inspiration Of
the Almighty giveth him understanding. Then
they remembered their
APPEAL TO HEAVEN
inscribed on on o. their battle sgs In the iirs
| revolution. They caught the spirit OF that in
spiration, and looked alOft for guidance, In
thelr deep meditation on the rights OF man.
Here, in this new world, they drank deep
draughts Of wisdom from the wnrks of nature
! spread out before them so grandly and layishy
Z everywhere. They copied fr IN me blue vault
of heaven for field OF the thirteen stars to re-
, ! vOlve in. and in 50 'haping our emblem OF the
? nations honor tue inspiration pos essei them
! to name IL \ New COustel alton. They sought
q pattern after which TO form the trinity OF
mans eXistence-iifc, liberty an properly.
They W about them nature IN all her virgin
I fresh ess. Inev beheld the Hottest mountains,
the brOadcst plains, the mightiest rivers. the
deepest canvo ns, the gloomlest tangled wills
| woods. the densest forests, the widest V8ale Us
peopIed by the bravest Wild men on this "a rih.
| Then looking through nature up 70 haJUeets
God they beheld up there the Stars, ever
, rolling in eternal symphony ArOund,Sthe
glorious orb that gave them their briltfanCy,
held IN place 10y sou unseen power thatNould
not let them 20 sstray, gittering in ecstaCy
SaCN IN us own D'lSab particular OTDlG. AnU
while one star differed ON another in glory,
yet the smallest was accorded the same right
of way as the greatest.
Then they resolved 20 search out the source
of this power, and essayed TO harness this Sc
cret IN the chariot, shat they were building to
bear the eternal rights OF man.
Then, ctlling up the Split OF our great grand
father, Newton, they told him how they had
plucked the stars and stTewn them on this blue
gr 'und, AVID begged him 10 tell how they might
cause those stars 10 reyOive shout a common
center with the harmony of heaven.
And the spirit OF the old man answered them
and said "JOb of old, Il ore than 1900 years ago
asked the same; listen, all, and hear him
knowest thou he ordinances Of heaven:
Oanst thou set the dominion thereof in the
earth: Canst thou bind tn sweet influence
of the Pleiddes CT loose the bands of Orion ="
The sage continued, 81 see ALREADY one of your
number hath made a way for the lightning, by
searching out Job Now mark, and forget not
the charge give thee. For the spirit of tae
Almighty hath breathed upon that blue vault
up there and those stars did forthwith appear.
gsrnishing the heavens with al that myriad of
diamonds you see there And He set the
bounds TO their Coings around. And by deem
and constant communion with Him. and His
servant job, have the potent secret learned (;
but will tell it to none, unless they swear they
Will ever keep the rules of these Ceep in their
minds and heart, and new T forget them" And
the old man said, W lit thou swear and they
swore. lie said, "NOw in the times OF direst
go for help you, children Ike, ran to the
Father, and raised your voice an your hands
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battle, In your late rebellion with my people,
that was then your people appeal 10 heaven
Now heaven hath heard your prayec ana hath
granted tn C thy freedom Heaven hath or
daiped these bodies u move in space us you
| see them thsre. and will likewise guard thee
in thine endeavOr If thou wilt well and truly
learn the name and plan of these forces that
hold in harmony ell this mighty universe OF
! worlds. Wit thou learn and guard them And
| our f1thers again promised.
Then, said he, In sc OIDS are governed by
! Grand CDnOEinr fOrceS-tleg m
the surest. safest Il. truest in all nature They
| are the inner force, ever bearing In, and
the outer force ever bearing out
| Now take note, and be careful
that you heed. If you hope to copy after ma
! lures laws, as the rule of right government,
! these two forces must ever be evenly bal
| alCed kept; and how. by the will Of the PEG
! pie, IA strong government for the inner force;
/ and local self government or hone rule 70 the
outer force" And rem, mUeT now, ever keep
| the minds and hearts o. tiny people turned 10
| these well trained laws aad never let the one
gravita.e over the other; or the supremacy
! gain. For, In the day thou dost, then Will
! come
WRECK OF YOUR STARS
! and crash of your new cons citation, even as
/ would come 8 wreck of matter and crush OF
| worlds for Ike disaster up there Then the
committee rose anu reported progress. And
| our fathers, at er pOndering long and dellber-
ating well over this report, II solved to ar
ran the system IF this great republic on the.
| same pattern as the heavenly bodies. And, my
| brothers, SO was fashioned our old flag and go
Ii has been said that some mOrtals there be
with spirits so tine that by inclining their ears
20 Old mother arth aud listening intently, they
can telephone the music of the spheres Su h
must nave been the compost o. the spirits of
our fathers when the, drew these new articles
! and made over TO US these presents. But alas,
! In the form ton of this Instrument were let
| fall the seeds Of discOrd, that grew with our
gro WITH In spite of all the trials tears and fears
| and bloody sacrifices of these grand old siTes,
Therefore, my brothers, T. IS well that we
mi Ia ma md
drew this plan before we turn to these poor
dead mere tnaI lie 50 pitifuIly penJ up In these
dumb mOunds. They nave
no VOICET TO ELL
what we must by searching ind out, as our
| fathers did before us.
Then, soldiers listen. Allow one who. while
| opposing you in the laie strife comes now,
! with hearty willingness, TO Join you in these
| sad obseqnies here. OGC vino has suffered as
you have. has also been ma &c strong as you
have. one who sadly, yet gladly thai the QG-
C4sion offers, will endeavOr wisdOn TO gain and
| impart from these scenes, by our mutual griefs
/ and tears over these dead ones who sleep their
| last sleep here on fame's etc nal camping
! ground And nothing eNtenuatng, setting
down naUght in malice, l Will try to recall, for
the sake OF our own memories and the ylndica
ton of the high aims of each, the reasons for
this bloody plain, and these two grand pictures
of Lincoln and Lee looking down from on high
upon It. y few words will answer all these
years of misery we have wrought with each
other
1t is this. In forming this instrument, our
fathers were divided as 10 It's character. some
thought 1t a galaxy Of stars, gotten together in
! haste by common danger, and that, as Shey
came at Will, cach might so at Will, and resolve
itself into It's own particular orbit, as It afOre
time was with ut coercion from any central
force, while others held this q nstiOH Of stars.
Cemented together In new constellation. firm
as adamsnt. Hence this fateful plain.
Now let 1t not be said that tae slave was the
moving cause of our warning, as is so often re-
peatei now by rOte by those who are ignorant
of causes. and only see this as an effect.
The
FREEDOM OF THE SLAVE
was an incident, snd nOI the cause, of this war.
1t should 20 sounding down the corridors Oftime
as tru n, that the Issue did not begin with the
b aCk man's bondage, but whether this was ma
tiOn or cOnfederacy. At first
neither the north nor the south
ever Courted slavery. 1t wa5 upon us when
this instrument was fora ed, In manner that
we could not avoid, If we would. Now let his
tory speak and prove this weighty matter. The
same ysar that brought to our Wild, western
shores the " ylowar and In its bosom the
light OF common school. that mas illumined the
earth with It's radiance, also brought shadow,
dark as 1t was bright, in Dutch bottoms, to the
hamlet o: jamestown in the Old DOmiDion.
jamestown, known only ON the map by g cross
to denote no people there, while Plymouth
Rock is orshipped In all lands as the shrine of
the mightlest civilization of cath But VINO is
responsible for this shadow that has blighted
wherever 1t hath lighted, beginning from that
cargo of twenty blacks so landed there. Il was
Il blush for shame to repeat it)-it was
OUR SORDID OLD MOTHER